It was claimed by some users on social media that Education Minister Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, while issuing instructions, said that under the new undergraduate policy of the Higher Education Commission, Urdu has been removed from the curriculum of universities and colleges as a compulsory subject.
After the said post went viral, there was a wave of outrage on social media. He criticized the government for sidelining the national language.
Last month on September 28, a Facebook user shared a nearly 4-minute video post claiming that Federal Minister for Education Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui had removed Urdu from the undergraduate curriculum.
The user wrote in the caption of the video that the Higher Education Commission’s new undergraduate policy has removed Urdu from the curriculum. The said post has been viewed more than 5 thousand times and shared more than 20 times.
A few posts in this regard were shared on various social media platforms. Another one Post The Higher Education Commission was also accused of excluding Urdu from higher education.
According to HEC Chairman Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed, this claim is false. In this regard, the Higher Education Commission in a recent press release also termed this news as misleading. The press release said that it is clear that Urdu has never been a compulsory subject at the undergraduate level, however, Urdu is taught as a compulsory subject up to the equivalent level of Intermediate FA, FSC, which continues today. is Its syllabus of HEC Website exists on
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2024-10-07 08:37:51
